Leonard W. Mayer

Evaluation and Improvement of Real-Time PCR Assays Targeting <i>lytA</i> , <i>ply</i> , and <i>psaA</i> Genes for Detection of Pneumococcal DNA

Maria da Glória S. Carvalho, M. Lucia Tondella, Karen A. McCaustland et al. · Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 2007 · 602 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology +17

Identification of scrapie prion protein-specific mRNA in scrapie-infected and uninfected brain

Bruce Chesebro, Richard Race, K Wehrly et al. · Nature · 1985 · 492 citations

Veterinary Medicine, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +14

Identification of anthrax toxin genes in a <i>Bacillus cereus</i> associated with an illness resembling inhalation anthrax

Alex R. Hoffmaster, Jacques Ravel, David A. Rasko et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2004 · 490 citations

Life Sciences, Microbiology, Molecular Biology +17

Changes in<i>Neisseria meningitidis</i>Disease Epidemiology in the United States, 1998–2007: Implications for Prevention of Meningococcal Disease

Amanda Cohn, Jessica R. MacNeil, Lee H. Harrison et al. · Clinical Infectious Diseases · 2009 · 344 citations · Full text

Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Preventive Medicine +17

Detection of pathogenic leptospires by real-time quantitative PCR

Paul N. Levett, Roger E. Morey, Renee L. Galloway et al. · Journal of Medical Microbiology · 2004 · 300 citations

Veterinary Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology +13